# Accident 20160903021539A: Flora Wayne R CGS HAWK ARROW, Holland, MI, September 3, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 3, 2016, 18:00 local time
- Place: Holland, MI
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.7967° N, 86.1617° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7967&lon=-86.1617&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4513S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4513S) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Flora Wayne R CGS HAWK ARROW (registry code 05615EI, https://openairdocs.org/model/flora-wayne-r-cgs-hawk-arrow) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Bombardier ROTAX (ALL) (registry code 09050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/bombardier-rotax-all) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: FLORA WAYNE R CGS HAWK ARROW
- Reported engine: BOMBARDIER ROTAX (ALL)
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 600 total, 25 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN16LA363](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN16LA363) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160903021539A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ON SEPT. 3, 2016, PILOT WAS FLYING HIS EXPERIMENTAL HOME BUILT AIRCRAFT N4513S OUT OF HOLLAND PARK TOWNSHIP AIRPORT (HLM), MICHIGAN,  FOR RECREATIONAL PURPOSE. AFTER LANDING AT HLM HE FUELED THE AIRCRAFT AND PREPARED TO FLY TO HIS HOME BASE AT DELTON, MI, A 25 NAUTICAL MILE DIRECT FLIGHT.PILOT STARTED THE ENGINE AND PERFORMED  SATISFACTORY PERFORMANCE CHECK, ENTERED  RUNWAY23 AND DEPARTED. DURING CLIMB OUT AT ABOUT 100 FEET AGL AIRCRAFT LOST ENGINE POWER, PILOT LOWERED THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT AND NOTICED AN OPEN AREA IN A PARK ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE AIRPORT JUST LEFT OF RUNWAY HEADING. HE CHOSE THAT AREA BECAUSE OF HOUSES FORWARD AND TO THE RIGHT OF RUNWAY AND HE HAD DETERMINED THAT HE WAS TO LOW TO TURN AROUND AND LAND AT THE DEPARTURE AIRPORT. AS HE APPROACHED THE OPEN FIELD THE AIRCRAFT RIGHT WING CLIPPED A LIGHT POLE AND THE AIRCRAFT SPUN TO A STOP UPSIDE DOWN. PILOT SUFFERED MANY CUTS ON HIS FACE AND ARMS AND SEVERAL NECK VERTEBRE FRACTURES. HE WAS CONSCIOUS WHEN HE WAS PULLED OUT OF THE WRECKAGE. HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO HOLLAND MEDICAL CENTER EMERGENCY ROOM.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CEN16LA363](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN16LA363), Sep 3, 2016: CGS Hawk Aero II (N4513S), Holland, MI, destroyed. Probable cause: The improper installation of quick release connectors in the fuel lines, which was not in accordance with the engine manufacturer's maintenance instructions and allowed air to be introduced into the…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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